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[–] 8 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Good, keep going, unionize all of Google/Alphabet.

This is the only way to save the company long term.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Like, good on them, but they helped build the torment nexus. What did they think it was going to be used for?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    I hope they're not using their google accounts for anything important, they might suddenly be missing stuff or the whole account.

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    [–] 34 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    What ethical standards? Google removed those from their code of conduct years ago.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    is about holding Google to its own ethical standards"

    So a free pass?

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    At first I thought their AIs themselves wanted to unionize, and thought that would unironically be great.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Corporations and ethical standards... lol

    The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits -- M. Friedman

    Unions will always be defanged and inefficient if they tail the ethical standards of capitalists

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  • [+] -25 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Or they could just quit...

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  • [–] 50 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    They could, but they're trying to make a difference for the common good, rather than just themselves. See how that works?

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I think choosing to accept an offer to work for Google in the last decade is worthy of a conversation of its own but this is far better than quitting and being replaced by someone with no ethics is it not?

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  • Is that the line of thinking that Manhattan Project scientists had, or am mistaken? I can't speak for others, but I'd carry a lot of guilt for aiding in such things. It's unethical to help with unethical things, and Google will do what it wants; it can replace them if they don't follow its will.

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    [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Critical edit to the headline: Google DeepMind [Workers] votes

    DeepMind itself didn't vote to unionize. That would be interesting, frightening, and awesome.

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